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the issues mitt romney and president obama tried to hammer home in their first debate. >>> plus, growing problem that is leaving the famous reflecting pool empty just weeks after it opened. >>> a line of showers moving >>> a line of showers moving through our region.e. the middle class, who move our country forward. work hard. raise families. and keep america strong. but mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class. raising taxes on the average family by up to $2000 dollars. while giving a tax break of $250,000 dollars to multi-millionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand, we can't rebuild america...by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> and now, from washington's leading news station, this is news4 today. >>> looking at the stories making headlines, right now at 5:29, policy issues, not zingers, were the focus of the first presidential debate. >>> a maryland man fighting for his life after police say he was the target of a brutal beating and robbery. >>> and d.c.'s taxi commission is backing away from a pla
the issues mitt romney and president obama tried to hammer home in their first debate. >>> plus, growing problem that is leaving the famous reflecting pool empty just weeks after it opened. >>> a line of showers moving >>> a line of showers moving through our region.e. the middle class, who move our country forward. work hard. raise families. and keep america strong. but mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class. raising taxes on the average family by up to...
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hurt president obama? a lot of people felt he was trying to not mess up. was he too passive? was it too safe? >> you know, it's hard to say if he really messed up. he had the opportunity with a decisive victory to pretty much be able to put this election behind himself. we had seen all the polls. he actually holds a narrow lead. but even greater leads in some of the presidential battleground states like in ohio. so a decisive victory for him, we would start looking ahead to the general election and say he has the clear advantage. so on that front, i don't think that he succeeded, but he has two more debates to go. as we were just talking about, i'm not sure, and the history proves this, that these debates -- all that matter about voter preferences. >> mark murray, we appreciate you coming in. we'll see more analysis on the "today" show coming up in a few minutes. >>> for some voters, last night's debate may forever be known as the big bird debate. that's because of a comment mitt romney made while detailin
hurt president obama? a lot of people felt he was trying to not mess up. was he too passive? was it too safe? >> you know, it's hard to say if he really messed up. he had the opportunity with a decisive victory to pretty much be able to put this election behind himself. we had seen all the polls. he actually holds a narrow lead. but even greater leads in some of the presidential battleground states like in ohio. so a decisive victory for him, we would start looking ahead to the general...
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obama. >>> also, questions this morning about a major schedule shakeup for local firefighters. [ male announcer ] for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> breaking news. an american accused of a deadly shooting inside a hotel in israel. update in ten minutes. first, good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. 62 degrees. a cool start to your day, beautiful day ahead, but big changes for the weekend. >> meteorologist tom kierein is on the storm team 4 weather deck with a look at things right now. >>> you can see the soft pink glow of this new day showing up behind capitol hill. live view from our nbc 4 hd city camera. out here on the storm team 4 weather deck, we've got a clear sky. it's showing off high in the southwestern sky. you can see
obama. >>> also, questions this morning about a major schedule shakeup for local firefighters. [ male announcer ] for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> breaking news. an...
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after their first debate. good morning, everybody. i'm karen gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this friday, october 5th, 2012. we're looking for a delightful day today, but some big changes are coming. >> let's just look at today. >>> right now off to a clear and chilly start. we had the lower humidity move in while you were sleeping, and what a delightful start to this friday, a clear sky. the moon and jupiter in the southern sky. bright venus now rising, and a gorgeous morning under way. it is certainly feeling autumnal. all those areas in dark green are in the 50s. the light green, generally low 60s. that includes areas right around the chesapeake bay and parts of areas just east of washington and the eastern shore. but much of virginia, much of maryland into west virginia, it's in the 50s, even a few spots here in the highlands. these areas in blue are in the 40s this morning. all around our region today, the low humidity in place. it is just going to be delightful. by 6:00 a.m.
after their first debate. good morning, everybody. i'm karen gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this friday, october 5th, 2012. we're looking for a delightful day today, but some big changes are coming. >> let's just look at today. >>> right now off to a clear and chilly start. we had the lower humidity move in while you were sleeping, and what a delightful start to this friday, a clear sky. the moon and jupiter in the southern sky....
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president obama and mitt romney squared off for 90 minutes last night in denver. tracy potts is live in denver now with the latest on the debate. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, from denver, where the pressure was on for mitt romney to perform to back up his ideas with details, taking on the man that even some republicans had described as one of the most skilled debaters in modern politics. the point of this debate was to make differences clear, on lowering the desmt. >> you said you'd cut the deficit in half, it's now four years later, we have trillion-dollar deficits. >> the way we do it is for every $2.50 of additional debt, we ask for a dollar, paid for by those doing very well to contribute a little more to reduce the deficit. >> reporter: the president insisted romney would spend five trillion on tax breaks favoring the wealthy. >> math, common sense, and our history shows us that's not a recipe for job growth. >> everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> they clashed on wall street, whether banks should be too big to fail, and medicar
president obama and mitt romney squared off for 90 minutes last night in denver. tracy potts is live in denver now with the latest on the debate. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, from denver, where the pressure was on for mitt romney to perform to back up his ideas with details, taking on the man that even some republicans had described as one of the most skilled debaters in modern politics. the point of this debate was to make differences clear, on lowering the desmt. >> you...
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. >> now to decision 2012 where president obama is taking the day off. the president is planning to spend today with his wife after they postpone celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary because of wednesday's debate. he will be heading to california tomorrow for a campaign event there and mitt romney will be in the swing state of florida today scheduled to speak at a campaign event in orlando as he hopes to keep his post debate momentum going. government officials and economists are firing back after some republicans claimed yesterday's jobs numbers were manipulated. minutes after the jobs numbers came out former ge ceo jack welch said the government tweaked the numbers on purpose to help the president. the unemployment rate dropped to 7% to 8% from 8.1%. officials from the bureau of laib statistics say the numbers are almost impossible to manipulate. general electric is the minority share holder of nbc. >>> a nail polish company with facilities in maryland is set to layoff more than a hundred people at the end of the year. simple colors owned by revl
. >> now to decision 2012 where president obama is taking the day off. the president is planning to spend today with his wife after they postpone celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary because of wednesday's debate. he will be heading to california tomorrow for a campaign event there and mitt romney will be in the swing state of florida today scheduled to speak at a campaign event in orlando as he hopes to keep his post debate momentum going. government officials and economists are...